Day to day operation of a Friesian breeding farm standing 2 Friesian stallions and lots of mares.
by Judy Sceggel
www.horsemeister.com

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Grandma's Soup

This flu is no fun fever, chills along with achy muscles and bones make for a miserable day. Sarah and I both have these symptoms today. Mom stopped in before heading to the woman's retreat and dropped of some beef vegetable soup. Mark was kind enough to keep the fire going all day and the day has been spent lying in front of it with 4 books now all finished. What a waste of a day!At the farm Steven Marchal and Mike worked on repairing the shelter in the middle paddock and placed latches on all the gates. Mike, Rhoda, Karin and Karin's friend Melinda took off for Sandridge for the first trail ride of the 2011. The sun was out for the first time in what seems weeks and the temps are in the mid 30s. Everyone is feeling house bound. Horses for this trip were Bunni, Sally, Mika and Autumn and Rhoda reported other than getting cold toward the end it was a very successful ride. This is what Karin wrote: excellent ride! autumn is sooo much fun! she is so flexible, good shoulder in's and rounding down... forgot my camera :( and Melinda wrote: "Thank you for inviting me along today. Best day that I've had in a while... Horses, sunshine and a good friend. What more could I ask for? :)" Steven was able to work Jewel, Valiant and Evan. We were concerned Valiant may not trot when asked for the judging at the fair but Steven reports he was well behaved and knew what to do. We are pretty thrilled to have the services of Steven, he has a good head on his shoulders and the horses respect him.The soup from mom was such a blessing, nutritious, tasty and easy to heat up.

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I am the 3rd child of my parents in a line-up of 11. I was the oldest girl so grew up the boss of the house. I have 3 brothers and 7 sisters. We grew up on a small farm on Baer Rd which is just on the outskirts of Peoria in a very large house, big enough to hold all 11 of us plus my parents and numerous foster children. My dad, Paul Meister was the owner of Baer Greenhouse on Baer Rd until he sold that and started Meister Brother's, a Heating and Air conditioning business which my husband and I now own and he started Meister Electric which my brother Spark owns today. My mom is Rhoda and was a stay at home mom. That's not to say she didn't work, it is a lot of work raising us and hundreds of fosters children. Mom is a great cook. She always loved horses and passed that love along to me buying our first pony for us when I was 6 years old. Our parents were members in the Apostolic Church, and brought us up to love the Lord and appreciate our church. We all gave our hearts to Jesus, gave our testimony before the congregation and were baptized, me at age 16. I married my husband at the age of 22 in our Peoria church and we have raised 5 children. All of our children also have given their hearts to Jesus and all are now married. We have 11 grandchildren so far. My sister Diane and I started Horsemeister Inc with the purchase Raven. I love this job, enjoy the horses.